Sentences with phrase «referendum questions on»

When students arrive for the 2016 - 17 school year, they will find changes throughout Burnsville - Eagan - Savage School District 191 thanks to voter approval of the two Vision One91 referendum questions on Feb. 24.

New Glarus, Jefferson and Marshall are among 11 school districts in the state with referendum questions on the ballot.

Nonetheless, some experts caution that asking voters to consider two referendum questions on the November ballot might not produce the desired outcomes for either organization, in particular, if those casting ballots fear that supporting both measures would mean higher taxes.

The Glen Ellyn and Oak Brook Park Districts will proceed with a lawsuit Wednesday against the Du Page County Board of Election Commissioners despite a successful petition drive in Glen Ellyn to place three alternative referendum questions on the ballot.

The group, headed by Du Page County Board member Michael Formento, is trying to collect 2,100 signatures in an effort to get three advisory referendum questions on the ballot.

On August 14th, the Park Board of Commissioners voted to place a referendum question on the November 6 general election ballot asking voters to choose whether or not to support a $ 39 million bond issue.

Gurnee Park District actions this year made Eileen Fiddyment and others angry enough to circulate petitions to get a referendum question on the November ballot that will ask voters whether the district should be dissolved.

The Park Board voted unanimously last week to place a referendum question on the Nov. 2 ballot asking voters to approve purchase of the land and construction of playing fields and a facility.

Incumbent trustees Andy Stein, Beverly Sussman and Lester Ottenheimer along with write - in candidate Jeffrey Battinus have been invited to participate in the forum from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the Village Bar & Grill, 48 Raupp Blvd.. The four, who are vying for three seats, will each have 20 minutes to offer a biography and explanation on why they are seeking office, their opinions on opportunities and challenges facing the village, their perspective on the downtown plan and whether they would support a communitywide referendum question on the plan.

Park Board attorney Bruno Tabis told the board that it might not have the authority to place a referendum question on a ballot because it doesn't have home - rule powers and that authority is denied by statewide park district code.

Under village law, 300 signatures, or 5 percent of the registered voters, are needed to get a referendum question on the ballot.

The decision halts an election board hearing scheduled for Thursday to review petitions the group filed with the DuPage County Election Commission in December for a referendum question on the March 16 ballot.

The residents gathered more than 5,400 signatures on petitions to persuade the Wilmette Park District to place a $ 25 million tax referendum question on the March 19 ballot to buy the land.

It's too late to place another referendum question on the November ballot, so the board has plenty of time to consider how to proceed, he said.

The Government has unveiled the wording of the referendum question on whether the UK should adopt the proposed new European Constitution.

According to published reports, the charter school industry is on track to dump up to $ 18 million into a record - breaking campaign in support of Massachusetts Question 2, a referendum question on this year's ballot that would effectively lift the legislative mandated cap on the number of charter schools in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

The Hampton Roads REALTORS ® Association, along with NAR, have been promoting and supporting a fall advisory referendum question on the proposed expansion.

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When it came to that last question, there was plenty of anger to go around, with many complaining about David Cameron's decision to call the referendum, others infuriated at the weak Leave campaign, and still others offering less than polite commentary on segments of their fellow citizens.

«Risks appear more linked to referendums on a ratification of a new EU treaty or other EU - related issues, rather than questioning the EU membership outright, as support for EU membership appears fairly rooted.

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The Vancouver Board of Trade welcomes yesterday's announcement that a referendum on transit funding in Metro Vancouver could be delayed, and urges the provincial government to push back the referendum date to June 30, 2015, in order to give the public ample time to consider the referendum question and its implications.

April 2018 — Zuckerberg agrees to give testimony in front of US politicians — but continues to ignore calls to appear before UK politicians to answer questions about the role of fake news on its platform and the potential use of Facebook data in the UK's Brexit referendum

Many asked for his resignation, furious that his insistence on a referendum had endangered the debt deal and led European leaders to question Greece's treasured participation in the euro, the common currency used by 17 EU nations.

I live in Maryland, where we have a lot of controversial questions on Tuesday's ballot, including referenda on marriage equality, the rights of immigrants and the expansion of gambling.

Former Barca boss Guardiola, who is now in charge of Premier League leaders Manchester City, also called on Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to answer questions after violent scenes broke out during Catalonia's unofficial independence referendum.

The board then will decide whether to present the projects to the voters in one referendum question or in two or three referendum proposals on the November ballot.

Newton noted there has been no discussion about any of the referenda questions recently and the board has provided little detail on any of the issues — such as where a potential community center could be built or what type of fee, if any, they would be considering for dog park permits.

The Plum Grove Estates Property Owners Association held the seventh and last meeting to answer questions and dispel any misconceptions regarding a referendum measure on Tuesday's ballot on the proposed annexation.

Glen Ellyn — A Nov. 2 referendum asking Glen Ellyn voters if they want to fund a new library cleared a final hurdle when the Village Board unanimously approved placing the question on the ballot.

But if the district «s suit fails and the petition drive is successful, the referendum questions favored by the petition drive organizers would appear on the ballot, according to officials.

The board of commissioners has until August to decide whether to place the question on the November ballot, the next time a referendum could be presented to voters.

Village President Rick Zirk is considering a referendum question, possibly for November, asking voters whether they want the village to continue to spend money on recreation or whether a separate park district should be created.

But it is contingent on the results of a referendum question the district wants included on the April 3 ballot.

Barring a sudden change of heart, a referendum question would be placed on the November or April 2009 election ballot.

In particular, the legislation would set out the date of the referendum, the franchise, the wording of the question, rules on campaign financing, and other rules for the conduct of the referendum.

All of which rather raises the question of why Cameron walked on to a stage in January 2013 and called the referendum in the first place.

The big question for the future of party is whether the EU referendum will end the perennial Tory divisions on Europe.

If we are going to have a referendum on voting reform - bearing in mind other questions, such as Scottish independence, are far more pressing - then let's have one on a more credible system.

The prime minister also faced questions on Europe from opposition backbenchers, including the DUP's Nigel Dodds who repeated calls for a referendum and former business minister Pat McFadden.

To address your questions in order: It is constitutionally possible for the Westminster parliament to hold any referendum held by the Scottish parliament to be non-binding on itself and thus effectively worthless.

The referendum is on one and only one question: will Scotland be an independent country?

Mahmoud Abbas has been threatening to dismantle the Palestinian Authority over and over since April 2010, saying he would hand over «the keys» for the occupied West Bank to the Israeli government; while in 2011, Greek Prime Minister Papandreou threatened to leave the Eurozone and called a popular referendum on austerity measures, which implicitly questioned membership in the euro zone.

He said: «I don't think it's any great revelation that different Conservative MPs have different views on the EU that's why we're having a referendum because this issue does divide parties, families and friends and we made a commitment in our manifesto that the British people would decide this question,»

However, if a referendum is based on (gross) misinformation and / or if the format is (grossly) inappropriate then the people have a right, if not the duty, to question, indeed to repudiate any alleged popular / political mandate of the outcome.

If the Scottish independence referendum has taught us anything, it has shown the ability of a vote on a non-partisan question to reshape the subsequent partisan political landscape.

Much depends on what the final question will be in that referendum — whether it opts for full autonomy within Ukraine, or all - out secession to Russia.

That there will only be a single question on the Scottish independence referendum is a good example of the power of agenda control in action.

If you stir in legislation such as the European Referendum Act 2015 which set the question to appear on the ballot paper but failed to address the legal consequences of a vote to leave, and the anomalies thrown up by the Fixed Term Parliaments Act 2011, not least the ability to avoid a fixed - term, then the unsatisfactory basis upon which the country has gone to the polls three times in the last three years is underscored.

German responses to the question of a Greek referendum on the Euro give a telling example of this.

The Scottish independence referendum will be on a single yes or no question to whether Scotland should become independent, leaving out a proposed second «Devolution Max» question, which would grant the Scottish government considerable further powers whilst remaining part of the United Kingdom.